A bicycle leaning against a sunny cottage wall
A Retreat is time spent with God away from the busyness of everyday life. It is a precious time to place ourselves in His hands, and to listen for His Word for our lives. Retreats can last several days, or just a few hours. Where might you go? promotingretreats.org/where #retreat #prayer
The Cathedral exterior at night, Orvieto in Umbria.
Ready for New Year’s Eve in Orvieto.
Rest
Read
Relax
Retreat
Recuperate
What do you need your R5 to be?
Upcoming sessions in November:
2nd - 7th
23rd - 28th
Call us on 01647-252752 to book your spot!
Or email us at bookings@sheldonretreat.com
www.sheldonretreat.com/visit/r5-weeks
It's nearly National Retreat Week - renew:all! Find somewhere for your own quiet day or retreat on promotingretreats.org, or why not explore some of their excellent online resources and have your own quiet time at home! renewall.org.uk #prayer #retreat
Are we treating the data behind the “quiet revival” claims the same way we would treat negative data about church attendance? I don’t think so.
Those of you who work as clergy, esp woman and non-binary folks, do you have any kind of rules around meeting people, especially those you don’t know well?
(Besides the obvious, don’t meet in dark alleys/at night/ ideally keep yourself between them and the door etc).
✝️
A crowd enjoys a festive outdoor event, with colourful bunting and umbrellas while one person raises a drink enthusiastically.
A singer performs passionately on stage during a vibrant live concert, with colourful lighting and dynamic background elements.
A person adorned with colourful beads and accessories gestures expressively, wearing a vibrant pink top amid a lively outdoor setting.
The storm clouds have cleared, blue skies are on their way back, and it’s almost time for Greenbelt. We believe brighter days are coming. But we have to play our part. Will you be there?
“This is Brexit Britain. We voted to take back control of our borders,” says Nigel Farage
Imagine his shock when he finds out Brexit is a primary factor in the sky rocketing number of small boat crossings
youtu.be/cKXFjbxSBBI?...
Matt is dressed in navy jeans, a dark grey shirt, and a white clerical collar. Esther is wearing a black dress. Both are stood in front of a hedge in their garden, holding one another and smiling at the camera.
Matt, Esther and their three children, Elsy, Leon and Levi, are riding their bikes down a country road.
"It makes me tear up. I can't verbally express my gratitude." 🧡
It was our privilege to help Matt, Esther and their children with Adult and Young Carer Support, as well as funding to buy a new cargo bike, to make life more accessible for their youngest son, Levi.
www.clergysupport.org.uk/esther
Was great to chat to Laura when she was researching this piece and it's turned out great. #NewScientist
Sara, a mother to three young children, shares how the two-child limit on benefits impacts her and her family
History should teach us empathy and realism, not superiority and mythology.
There are sources of hope all around us. Find them. Cling to them. Never give up. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-thought-hope
Lovely image of the Sheldon old chapel @sheldonretreat.bsky.social a special place.
The next online Oasis Day will be on Tuesday 12 August - Find out more on www.oasisdays.org.uk, or email janefranklinretreats@gmail.com to book your place #onlineretreat #prayer
It's not political to think people shouldn't be starved to death.
'those regarding themselves as British now ‘attach greater importance to civic rather than ethnic features of British identity. 70% of those who identify as British give a primarily civic response to our question on how someone can become ‘truly British’, only 17% give a primarily ethnic one’.
Penniless and homeless, Raynor and Moth Winn found fame with their story of their 630-mile walk to salvation. The Salt Path became a global bestseller and was adapted into a major film.
But we can reveal it wasn’t the whole truth.
@chloehadj.bsky.social
Read more:
Deep listening is about dignity. It’s recognising the humanity in someone, even when their ideas repel you.
Print featuring a blackbird surrounded by white blossoms against a blue background
Sarah Bays,contemporary artist, printmaker, living in Norfolk, UK producing prints from a small etching press on a tea trolley her dining room and is inspired by local nature....
#ReframingWomenPrintmakers
Today on MY LIFE IN THE PAST: why should we even bother with this history malarkey?
lucyworsley.substack.com
Now the full list of who’s on the group that finds the next Archbishop of Canterbury is published: a leak from their WhatsApp group?? viamedia.news/2025/05/28/t...
For example @sheldonretreat.bsky.social
This is literally how the Holocaust started, and honestly I'm tired of saying so
Unsolicited writing advice, no. #41: Read widely. And read current stuff. You can’t expect to make anything good if you don’t follow what other people are making. (This goes double for children’s books: you can’t write what today’s children want just by remembering what you liked as a child.)
Dear friends: Outreach is happy to share with you this new image, which we commissioned from the artist Ruben Ferreira: "The Risen Christ's Outreach to LGBTQ People."
shadows on a woodland path
Beautiful Spring weather @sheldonretreat.bsky.social full of promise.
AP: A person with measles in West Texas dies-- more than 120 people have measles now. @HipHopPrez, Walter Kimbrough: There are more cases of measles than NCAA trans athletes, you'd never know from listening to lawmakers.
Nothing to add here, @hiphopprez.bsky.social.
I imagine this is how the British felt when the implications of the Brexit vote began to hit them. Only much worse.
Bible doesn't mention that Martha & Mary had such a fab home. No wonder Christ & the gang wanted to visit them! As rendered in 1566 by Hans Vredeman de Vries, whose day is today.
